Lillian McFarland is in her 18th year of teaching. She aims to enlighten today’s youth about the past, even when the past might be difficult to learn about. She is passionate about Holocaust and genocide education and incorporates these topics throughout her classes. For the past ten years, she has been teaching at a small, rural high school on the coast of Mendocino County where she is the Student Services Coordinator and oversees special programs at the high school. She also teaches World History, AP Human Geography, and Drama.